Suburbia and Cate - the water goddess
The kids are outside playing street hockey on our very big driveway - well away from the road. I can hear them bashing about and the best part is that I don't have to sit there watching them like we had to in Ottawa. They also spend time in the big back yard and I cannot wait to have BBQ dinner parties next summer out there - after a day of swimming in our lake.
I don't miss our ottawa house at all really, I don't miss the tiny living room or the postage stamp back yard. If/when we go back does this mean I will be looking for a place in suburbia? has it come to this? it creeps up on you doesn't it.
On another note - one of the Doctoral students told me yesterday that she thinks I am a goddess of water research. apparently she saw me present in Ottawa last may and could not believe that I was coming to Dal. That was certainly a welcome compliment.
At least I am good at presenting - the same cannot be said for writing exams. yeesh. They tell me that almost no one fails in the Masters program - I sure hope they are right. There is nothing quite so "stomach falling into your boots" as having the prof say "5 minutes left" and you haven't done the last 2 questions worth 10 percent each. I guess I could cut myself some slack - after all it was the first in class exam i have written in the last - what - 15 years? but I don't think you get extra points for being a rookie.
I don't miss our ottawa house at all really, I don't miss the tiny living room or the postage stamp back yard. If/when we go back does this mean I will be looking for a place in suburbia? has it come to this? it creeps up on you doesn't it.
On another note - one of the Doctoral students told me yesterday that she thinks I am a goddess of water research. apparently she saw me present in Ottawa last may and could not believe that I was coming to Dal. That was certainly a welcome compliment.
At least I am good at presenting - the same cannot be said for writing exams. yeesh. They tell me that almost no one fails in the Masters program - I sure hope they are right. There is nothing quite so "stomach falling into your boots" as having the prof say "5 minutes left" and you haven't done the last 2 questions worth 10 percent each. I guess I could cut myself some slack - after all it was the first in class exam i have written in the last - what - 15 years? but I don't think you get extra points for being a rookie.
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